African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Rules for Burkina Faso Journalist in Criminal Defamation Case

On December 5, 2014, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) in the matter of Lohé Issa Konaté (Applicant) v. Burkina Faso (Respondent State) ruled unanimously in support of Mr. Konaté, a journalist, in a judgment delivered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.